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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">News release follows as text and is attached as a Word doc, along with production photo, <u>please credit John Sutton</u>.</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reviewers are invited to attend opening weekend performances, April 25 and 26 @ 8 p.m., or April 27 @ 2 p.m. RSVP <a href="mailto:patalamb@aol.com" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer;">debfoster@hubbardhall.org</a> by Thursday, April 24.</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EDITORIAL
CONTACTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Pat
Lamb or Deb
Foster<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(518)
727-4933 (518)
677-2495 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue">patalamb@aol.com</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> debfoster@hubbardhall.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">THE
THEATRE COMPANY@HUBBARD HALL PRESENTS JOHN STEINBECK’S HEARTBREAKING ‘OF MICE
AND MEN,’ APRIL 24 – MAY 18 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CAMBRIDGE,
NY (April 21, 2014)—</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The
award-winning Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall (TCHH) will present John
Steinbeck’s <i>Of Mice and Men</i>, a
heartbreaking story of a pair of farm workers pursuing a dream in 1930s’ rural
California, April 24 – May 18.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Based on Steinbeck’s novel of the same
name (which was widely banned at the time of its release during the Depression),
<i>Of Mice and Men</i> is the story of two migrant
laborers, Lennie, a gentle but volatile giant of a man, and George, his loving
caretaker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">TCHH veteran
Jeannine Haas will direct, with Chris Barlow and James Udom undertaking the
parts of Lennie and George. Other roles will be played
by Jack Boggan, Rob Forgett, Reg Jones, Rob Rowe, Doug Ryan, Maizy Scarpa,
Brian Smick and Albert Vedesca.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Steinbeck’s
great achievement is that he brings much of the tragic beauty found in such
antecedents as <i>Beowulf</i> and <i>Frankenstein</i> right into our own
backyard, to American farms,” said TCHH Artistic Director John Hadden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Of
Mice and Men’s </span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">production
staff includes Calvin Anderson as lighting designer, Sherry Rincella as costume
consultant, and Kate Johnson as stage manager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">There will be
13 performances of <em>Of Mice
and Men, </em>April 24 (Pay What You Will / Open Rehearsal) at 8 p.m., April
25, 26 and May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m.; and April 27 and May 4, 11 and
18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22 for Hubbard Hall members, $25 for non-members and
$15 for students and children. <b>Tickets
are available at </b></span><a href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext">www.hubbardhall.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> or by calling (518)
677-2495.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An Opening Night Dinner will take place<b> </b>Friday,
April 25 at 6 p.m. in the Beacon Feed Studio. The menu will feature assorted “farm
delicacies from the Depression Era.” <b>Reservations
are requested by Wednesday, April 23 at 5 p.m. Visit </b></span><a href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">www.hubbardhall.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
or call 518-677-2495 for tickets.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
The cost: $50.00, including theatre ticket /$30.00, meal only (for season
subscribers). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hubbard Hall
Center for the Arts, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacent
former freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing
the best of the arts to the region with year-round theater, music and dance
performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard
Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY. For more information on this and all Hubbard
Hall programs, or to purchase tickets, register for classes, make a donation
and/or become a member or theatre subscriber please visit </span><a href="http://www.hubbardhall.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">www.hubbardhall.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> or call (518)
677-2495.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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